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Potamogeton distinctus

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Potamogeton distinctus. See image source here.

#534 They called me Potamogeton distinctus, also known as Potamogeton franchetii. I pay homage to the male botanist Adrien René Franchet. They first catalogued me in 1904.

Native to Amur, East Himalaya, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Primorye, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Ziziphus rugosa

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Ziziphus rugosa. See image source here.

#521 They called me Ziziphus rugosa, also known as Ziziphus horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1789.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Leea aequata

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Leea aequata. See image source here.

#507 They called me Leea aequata, also known as Leea kurzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1767.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.